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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 17h

Heads up that all configurations of the Galaxie live at CBGB release are now available direct from our label 20/20/20 - some of these formats are sold out elsewhere, so these may be among the last copies! www.20-20-20.com/store/p/gala...

Galaxie 500 - CBGB 12.13.88 — 20-20-20

The first Galaxie 500 release in 30 years is a 24 track collection of unreleased and rare archival material from 1988-1990. Double LP available in various limited edition packages.

www.20-20-20.com

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 19h

Heading to Lisbon for MIL conference (talking on Thu) - downloaded all of Kate Bush for the flight, thought it might be good for night clouds

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 23h

For the new issue of The Wire magazine I reviewed two excellent new books: "Why Sound Matters" by Damon Krukowski (@dadadrummer.bsky.social) and the memoir by former Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman. Subscribe: @thewiremagazine.bsky.social

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

Boston doesn’t even make the list of top ten US tour stops any longer - I blame consolidation and the loss of our independent venues to Live Nation and AEG - sure they bring big artists to their big venues, but they have gutted our regular gig-going audience and made this a second tier music market

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

I hear the first review of my new book is included…

The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 1d

The Wire 501 is out now!

Featuring claire rousay on the cover, plus Giorno Poetry Systems, Rafael Toral, Lord Spikeheart’s Invisible Jukebox, Yusuf Mumin, Susu Laroche, and much, much more.

Available to buy:
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sorry for your loss, Sam

Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

Spotify and ChatGPT make a deal for “integration” and Universal Music Group praises it - what could possibly go wrong for recording artists?

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like Nixon in China meets Duck Soup www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/n...

Where in the World Is Eric Adams? Try Albania.

www.nytimes.com

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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 1d

THE DREAM.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

The moon is like a searchlight

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 1d

There are only two women left at P4K wtf

Lauren Rearick @lrearick.bsky.social · 16d

Some news~ as the kids say~ I got the RTO ultimatum and I'm leaving Pitchfork. Read more on Instagram. There are two full-time women remaining at the publication! That FEELS BAD! www.instagram.com/p/DO6L-fIDYve/

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

More than one color of MacBook

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 2d

UMAW’s own @joeyquits.bsky.social has a new piece in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social about the grassroots Maine Music Alliance campaign to stop Live Nation in Portland, ME 💪

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

There is a generic quality to this album that goes beyond formulaic. Reviews are all focused on the lyrics - but I’m talking about the production. It sucks. Not cause it’s “bad”. Cause it’s blank

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

I take that back - even if Max Martin and Shellback insist there was no AI involved, I will still not believe them

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

I have a very specific hunch that Max Martin and Shellback used AI to help make the new TS album and I will cling to this hunch till proven otherwise

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

Wait. Do you mean bad reviews didn’t dictate low streaming numbers…? Are you telling me streaming is unconnected to the ongoing conversation about music, in which we look at ourselves and our society through the medium of song? Are you telling me THERE IS NO MEANING TO ANYTHING

Music Ally @musically.com · 2d

Music services scramble to tout Taylor Swift streaming records

Within a few hours on Friday, Music Ally received press releases from three of the biggest music services touting records broken by Taylor Swift’s new album that day. “The Life of a Showgirl became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a…

Music services scramble to tout Taylor Swift streaming records

Within a few hours on Friday, Music Ally received press releases from three of the biggest music services touting records broken by Taylor Swift’s new album that day. “The Life of a Showgirl became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far, hitting this 2025 milestone in under 11 hours,” announced Spotify. “The Life of a Showgirl has become the most-streamed album of all time in its first 24 hours on Amazon Music globally, breaking her own previous record set by The Tortured Poets Department,” said Amazon Music.

musically.com

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants to shop for Fado records with me in Lisbon this week? I’ll be speaking at MIL

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

Inspiring victory against Live Nation in Portland ME - when we organize… by @joeyquits.bsky.social

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 5d

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring.

In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

Musicians Against Live Nation–Ticketmaster

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring. In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

jacobin.com

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

Inspiring victory against Live Nation in Portland ME - when we organize… by @joeyquits.bsky.social

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 5d

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring.

In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

Musicians Against Live Nation–Ticketmaster

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring. In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

jacobin.com

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve ended up with goddam fascism. Isn’t that enough to sour you on stadium shows and capital consolidation? It’s not the content (enjoy the songs if you do). It’s the scale

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 3d

The Life of a Billionaire… please let TS’s misstep serve a purpose and mark the beginning of the end of celebrity culture

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 3d

The Living Wage for Musicians Act would claim a portion of streaming platform earnings for *human* recording musicians, which means if they choose to do nothing about AI slop, they pay us for the privilege weareumaw.org/make-streami...

Make Streaming Pay - United Musicians and Allied Workers — United Musicians and Allied Workers

United Musicians and Allied Workers celebrates the introduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act – led by Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman – to Congress. By creating a new streaming royalty, ...

weareumaw.org

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 3d

“Spotify won’t prohibit this music—not because it thinks it’s innovative or ushering in a new era of technological futurism (the platform has never cared about culture) but simply because it’s generating streams.”
— @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social, who knows from slop pitchfork.com/thepitch/spo...

Spotify’s New Policy Won’t Stop the Wave of AI Slop

Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran ...

pitchfork.com

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re thinking musicians can’t make a change in the system, think again - and join us @umaw.bsky.social dadadrummer.substack.com/p/umaw-goes-...

UMAW Goes to Washington

The Reintroduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act

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